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Monday, April 4, 2016

C - COLDFOOT

Known as the world furthest north
truck stop, Coldfoot, Alaska, sits on the Dalton Highway, or Haul Road, as most
viewers of the television show Ice Road Truckers know it. 254 miles from
Fairbanks and 240 miles from Deadhorse or Prudhoe Bay, Coldfoot is the last
stop for fuel, food, or accommodations.

"The town was originally a
mining camp named Slate Creek, and around 1900 got its present name when
prospectors going up the nearby Middle Fork Koyukuk River would get "cold
feet" and turn around." Wikipedia.

Coldfoot has the supplies needed to continue the journey north for
trucks and other vehicles but it also has an airport. All which figure highly
in my novel Murder & Obsession.

She laughed. “Oh, my gosh, we do sound like lovesick teenagers. No, I’ll go to Seattle and take care of business. You have a right to some time alone to make your decision. Just promise me that we won’t be apart again for a long, long time.

I’ve taken her away from home again. “I’m sorry, Sarah, we should’ve―”

“No, Steven. We both know our responsibilities; besides, I’m the one who insisted on a wilderness honeymoon. I’m just being silly.”

They talked for an hour because he had a hard time saying goodbye. After the phone call, a cold wind took his attention skyward, where the warnings of a storm floated above the horizon, and its foretelling gave him a chill he could not shake.

Brrr..now, I really feel like I am in Alaska~ Happy Birthday, Renee!!! I hope your day is beautiful and filled with sunshine~ I love that you received a Tickle you pink bouquet-so sweet~ @>----------xo

Loved this excerpt, Yolanda... full of foreboding. It's the kind of scene that makes me wish I could jump into the scene and—well, change things :) What a place, Coldfoot... "the world's northernmost truck stop"—and it has an airport! You know, I've never seen Ice Road Truckers, never really appealed to me, but now I'll keep an eye out for the show, in case Coldfoot is mentioned :D

Thanks for the visit over at Life In Dogs ... What a sad, sad story about Lady. You had me in tears. How awful for you, too. I hope that landlord met a nasty, painful end.

Working my way down the A to Z Challenge and I enjoyed the excerpts so much that I added your books to my good reads listing. I'll be on the look out for the first two. Thanks for bringing them to my attention. I'll have to send a copy to my step sister who lives in Alaska, she'll probably recognize the landmarks already!

I want to scream at her, "Don't go!" You know, like you scream at people on the movie screen not to go somewhere when you know they are about to get killed. The name of the truck stop is eerie enough for me to around and go home or back to Seattle. The last stop for food, fuel or accommodations ... you just know something bad is going to happen. I loved the excerpt. The suspense and foreshadowing is excellent.

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